{"id":5735,"date":"2015-02-23T00:21:49","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T23:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legendarytrips.com\/?p=5735"},"modified":"2015-02-23T00:29:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-22T23:29:03","slug":"arctic-circle-leviathan-filming-location-teriberka-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legendarytrips.com\/arctic-circle-leviathan-filming-location-teriberka-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Above the Arctic Circle with Leviathan"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Zvyagintsev\u2019s Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe-winning \u201cLeviathan\u201d set in contemporary Russia, the sublime Arctic nature becomes a formidable character in its own right. <\/p>\n

Magnificent and redoubtable coastal Arctic landscapes of the Russian Murmansk Oblast underline the film\u2019s very theme of powerlessness \u2013 the inherent vulnerability of ordinary men against the grand forces of fate, absolute power and human venality. Here, a local mechanic Kolya is forced to fight against a corrupt city mayor who wants to take Kolya\u2019s land, and the life of Kolya and his family slowly begins to crumble. <\/p>\n

While both criticized and hailed in Russia, the film is very much a continuation of the Russian tradition of storytelling. The conflict of \u201cordinary men against invincible external forces\u201d is an ongoing theme in Russian literature, from Tolstoy\u2019s \u201cWar and Peace\u201d and Gogol\u2019s \u201cOvercoat\u201d to Dostoevsky\u2019s \u201cHumiliated and Insulted\u201d and Bulgakov\u2019s \u201cMaster and Margarita\u201d. The nature is often used as a majestic silent spectator that amplifies and reinforces this struggle.<\/p>\n

In Leviathan, it\u2019s also the case. The principal photography took place on the Kola Peninsula, to the north of the Arctic Circle, bordered by Barents and White Sea. <\/p>\n

Interior scenes took place in the town of Kirovsk near Murmansk, renowned for its apatite and nepheline mineral deposits. The city scenes were filmed in Monchegorsk, also not far from Murmansk.<\/p>\n

The breathtaking exterior scenes including the shore with \u201cwhale bones\u201d featured on the poster were filmed in Teriberka village. <\/p>\n

Teriberka is known for its Pomor settlers and Maritime heritage, when large boats were brought to catch cod and haddock in the second half of the 20th century. Today the population of the village is around 900, and the fishing industry has fallen into decline after the collapse of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n

The Teriberka village is split into two areas: the old part with numerous wooden boats, and the new part closer to the Barents sea, where the majority of population lives in wooden houses and apartments. <\/p>\n

The village is located 120 kilometers away from Murmansk, where in winter snow-covered tundra roads are swamped with drifts. Local bus runs everyday despite the snow with drivers carrying ploughs to clean up. A different world with its own pace and rules\u2026<\/p>\n

Check out below some breathaking photos of Teriberka.<\/p>\n

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